I have enjoyed looking at the wonderful pics of everyone elses tanks posted here so I thought I'd share mine with you my tank pics
I hope you like them they were taken about 6mths ago and hopefully I will be tanking some newer ones in the near future as soon as the plants have settled in after the replant.

What a positively breathtaking display! I'm sure we're all going to have questions as to which plant is what - you definitely have some unique varieties that I cannot identify. So do us a favor and post not only your plant list (left to right, to help make ID easier) but also your tank specs (lighting, CO2, supplementation, substrate, etc.)

the tank is 48"x15"x18" (LxWxH)
filtered by an Eheim 2213 with flowthrough cannister one filled with floss and the other filled with siporax.
the Co2 is supplied by a bioplast pressurised system with the reactor powered by an eheim powerhead
the substrate consists of quartz gravel, pea gravel, laterite and black sand with a bioplast thermal float heating system fitted to supply gentle substrate water movement.
the lighting consists of 2x Dennerle trocal special plant tubes and 2X arcadia freshwater tubes on a 11hr photo period.
the tank has been running for 7years.

thankyou for the compliment
the fish is an apistogramma Cacatuoides double red I find them relatively peaceful but not a peaceful as the common rams.
further information can be found here
they are a very worthwhile addition a tank mine currently have one brood being reared by the mother and another brood I found hidden in some java moss covered lava rock that the female uses as a spawning site.
unfortunately the male did not have his dorsal fin fully erect when the picture was taken as when that happens they are truely spectacular.
they spawn quite regularly at a temp of between 77'f and 80'f their diet consists of good quality flake food and various frozen feeds like bloodworm and brinshrimp which they wil take very readily . a pH of between 6 and 7 seems to work for the purposes of breeding them.

Wow! I just can't wait until I get my pressurized CO2 system... your tank looks great! Also, you have picked some very beautiful fish, many people who run planted tanks (that I know) think of the fish as unimportant! Great job, love the tank!

I clicked my mouse 47 times on your tank photo's trying to enlarge it to my 19 inch screen !!!

Mother Nature herself couldnt do finer...
The landscape really works and like lemay says it has soooo much depth... you indeed should be proud of your efforts... by any chance do you set up tanks professionally ?
If not my friend... you should !
Its a shame you cropped those full tank photo files ...
...you made my mouse mad ! :fire: :hehe::hehe::hehe:

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